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Entering Text
You can enter text, numbers, and symbols into
your phone using Alpha, Word, N umeric, or
Symbol text input modes.
When you access a sc reen that requires you to
enter text, you start in the mo de last used.
To choose a text input mode:
1At a screen that requ ires you to enter text , press
m.
2Select the text input mode you want to use. A
checkmark appears ne xt to the current mode .

Using Word Mode

In Word mode, T9 Text Input an alyzes the letters
on the keypad button you pres s a nd arr a ng es th em
to create words. As you type, T9 T ext Input
matches your keystrokes to words in its database
and displays the most commonly u s ed matching
word. You can add you o wn words to this
database.

Entering a Word

1Select Word as your text in put mode.
2Type a word by pressing one key for each letter.
For example, to type “test” press 8 3 7 8.
The displayed word may change as you type it.
Do not try to correct the word as you go. Type to
the end of the word before editing.
3If the word that appears is no t the desired word,
press 0 to change the word on the display to
the next most likely word in the database.
Repeat until the desired word appears.
If the desired word does not appear , yo u can ad d it
to the database.
l Alpha — Press a key several times for each
character.
jWord — Press a key once for each letter
while words likely to be the one you want are
chosen from a database.
iSymbols — Enter punctuation and other
symbols.
kNumeric — Enter numbers.